The Caribbean Breeze 1945 03 (PDF)

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Vol. V No. 3 … The Cover: Just previous to Lent each year there is a great stir while all Panama readies itself for the National Carnival. Then out come women in gay polleras and men in montunos, together with various other costumes and so the parade is on. For five days the people make merry and dance in the streets to the rhythmical bongo beat. Lovely senoritas ride past, seated on the back of open taxis, and soon the dashing caballeros race after them on tiny Panamanian ponies. The air is full of serpentine and confetti, tossed from balconies on the festive crowd beneath. Early on the morning of the fifth day the Funeral of the Fish is conducted with mock solemnity. Once more the people regretfully return to their homes and to their work and once more the bright costumes and all the gay colors are laid away to await the coming of the next fiesta.